Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24,239, Samuel French, Mass. R.I.

SERVICE
Mass. R.G.
French, Samuel Mary
NUMBER
W.24.239
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lee 24 July 1837 G. Wright
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New York
Samuel French
of Tadoussac in the state of New York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Spencer of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 20 months 1782
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 5 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th of March 1819 and sent to W. Robards Esq re Judge Glenis Falls, New York
Arrears to 4th of March 1819  87 69 Semi-annual all'ce ending 1 st Sept. 1819  48 $135.69
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Contiguous Warren County
Samuel French sent to John... 1817... to... 1818... 1819... 1820... 1821... 1822... 1823... 1824... 1825... 1826... 1827... 1828... 1829... 1830... 1831... 1832... 1833... 1834... 1835... 1836... 1837

New-York (Albany) 11/6/84
Mary French
widow of Samuel French, Decd.
who died on the 21 st of March, 1833; of Warren co. in the State of N. York who was a private in the company commanded by Captain S. Drew, of the reg t commanded by Col. Sprout in the Mass. line for 16 mos. 25 days - per.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 11 th April 1838 for and 21 st March 1833 to the 4 th Sept. 1837. Agent Notified 23 Oct. 1838.
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York (Albany) at the rate of 56 Dollars 10 Cents, per annum, to commence on the 21 st 21 st day of March, 1833, time of her husband's death.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of Jan- uary, 1838, and sent to claim- ant, Bolton, N. York.
Arrears to the 1 st of September 1837 $246:09 Pemi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar. '38 = 28:05
$274:14
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 rd }
Recorded by S. A. Elliot Clerk, Vol. 2

V2181
Mary French New York
21 March 1833
The affidavit of James White in support of the claim of the widow Parker in which dated March 11. 1818 shows that she was married at the time he had been

State of New York Warren County ss
On this sixteenth day of May Eighteen hundred and thirty Seven personally appeared before the undersigned one of the Justices of said county Mary French a resident of Bolton in the County of Warren and State of New York aged Seventy nine years who first being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July fourth Eighteen Hundred and thirty Six that she is the widow of Samuel French who was a Private in Captain Seth Dows Company of Infantry in Ebenezer Sprague's Regiment that he enlisted for Three years that he left home the Second day of May Seventeen Hundred and eighty Two and was discharged at the close of the war she further declares she was married to the said Samuel French on the Seventh day of May Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Eight and that her husband the aforesaid Samuel French died on the Twenty First day of March Eighteen Hundred and thirty Three and that she has remained a Widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof herunto annexed Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year above written Before me
Allen Anderson Justice of the peace
her Mary French mark
I hereby certify that the above named Mary French is unable to attend before a Judge at Court on account of old age and infirmity.
Allen Anderson Justice of the peace

State of New York Warren County } ss
On this sixteenth day of May Eighteen Hundred and Thirty Seven personally appeared before the undersigned one of the Justices of the Peace of said County Rebecca French who first being duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following Declaration that she is the daughter of Samuel and Mary French that her Father Died on the Twenty First day of March Eighteen Hundred and thirty Three that ever since that period she has resided with her Mother Mary French and that she has remained a Widow ever since the death of her Father. Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year above written before me Allen Stevenson } Justice of the peace } Rebecca French
State of New York } ss
Warren County } ss
On this fifteenth day of June Eighteen hundred and thirty seven personally appeared before the undersigned one of the Justices of the Peace of said County Jonathan French who first being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration that he is a brother to Samuel French the person named in the annexed affidavits and that the said Samuel and Mary named in and who subscribed the annexed affidavits were said to be married about the time mentioned in the affidavits of the said Mary and that they lived together as man and wife during his life (that is) until the said Samuel died and he

the said Jonathan has no doubt that the said Samuel and Mary were married according to law at the time mentioned in the said Mary's affidavit
sworn and subscribed to on the day and year above written before
Jon th Lawrence
me Allen Stevenson Justice of the peace

State of New York Warren County, p. 2
I Thomas Archibald Clerk of the County of Warren do hereby certify that Allen Fullerton Esq. before whom the annexed Affidavits purport to have been sworn was at the time of the signing one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said County and that I am acquainted with his his hand writing and hereby believe his name subscribed to the annexed Affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the said County this 22 nd day of June A.D. 1837 Thomas Archibald Clerk

Commonwealth of Massachusetts }
Town Clerk's Office Groton Aug 29 th 1837
I John Boynton do on oath testify that I am Clerk of the town of Groton in the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth aforesaid, and that I have the custody of the records of said town, and that it appears by the records that Samuel French of Dunstable, was married to Mary Johnson of Westford, by Rev. Daniel Chaplin May 3 rd 1778
John Boynton
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Middlesex ss.
Be it remembered, that on the thirtieth day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven, before me, Caleb Butler, a Notary Public, duly appointed & sworn, & dwelling in Groton in said County, of Middlesex, personally came John Boynton abovenamed, and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true. And I do certify, that the said Boynton is a creditable person, entitled to full credit & belief in the matter above sworn to.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my notarial seal this day & year above written.
Caleb Butler. Not. Pub.

Declaration
State of New York Warren County ss
On this Eighteenth day of September one thousand Eight Hundred and thirty Seven personally appeared Before the undersigned one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Said County Mary French a resident of Bolton in the county of Warren and State of New York aged Seventy Nine Years who Being first duly sworn according to law doth on her Oath make the following declaration in Order to obtain the Benefit of the provision made By the act of Congress passed July 4th 1836 — That She is the widow of Samuel French Who was a private in Captain Seth Drows Company of Infantry in Oberlin Sprouts Regiment that he enlisted for three years and entered the Service about the Second day of May in the Year Seventeen Hundred and Eighty Two and was discharged at the Close of the War — She further declares She was married to the Said Samuel French on the Seventh day of May Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Eight — That her husband the aforesaid Samuel French Died on the twenty First day of March Eighteen Hundred and thirty three and that She has remained a widow ever Since that period as will more fully appear By reference to the Proof hereunto annexed —
Subscribed and sworn to before me This Eighteenth day of September A.D. 1837
Mary French her mark
Stephen Pratt Judge of Warren County Common Pleas I do hereby certify that the said Mary French caused me to write her name to this affidavit and I saw her make her mark to the instrument Stephen Pratt - Judge

I do hereby certify that the within named Mary French could not attend Court to make her affidavit in consequence of her infirmity and I further certify that she is entitled to full credit as to truth and necessity
September 18 th A D 1837
Stephen Pratt
Judge of Warren County

State of New York
County of Warren - Samuel French being duly sworn
saith that he served in the war of the revolution against the common enemy as a private soldier in the continental establishment for the term following That this deponent in the month of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven seven hundred and seventy five enlisted for one year into the third company under captain Kimball in the Eleventh Regiment Regiment as this deponent believes of the Rhode Island lines which Regiment was commanded by Colonel Daniel Hitchcock. Does not recollect whether the said Regiment was in the Rhode Island or Massachusetts line or either of said lines That this deponent served as a private soldier in the company and Regiment aforesaid the full term of his enlistment against the common enemy aforesaid -
That on the eighth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight eight hundred and eighty two he this deponent enlisted for the term of three years into the service of the United States as a private soldier from the town of Charlton in the State of Massachusetts that after such enlistment to wit on the fourth day of June in the year last aforesaid this deponent was placed in a company called the first company in the second Massachusetts Regiment in the Massachusetts line which Company was under captain Seth Drew and said Regiment was commanded by Colonel Ebenezer Dyer - That this deponent faithfully served in said last mentioned company and Regiment as private soldier

as aforesaid until the termination of the war aforesaid. and was on the twenty ninth day of December one thousand eight hundred and fifty three at Westpoint duly & Honorably discharged from further service in the army of the United States. Which discharge was given and signed by General Winfield Scott.
That this deponent more than twenty years since handed said discharge to one Abel Boyetton to enable said Boyetton to procure a balance due this deponent for his this depo- nents services aforesaid. That he this deponent does not know what has become of the said Boyetton or the said discharge.
That this deponent is yet a resident Citizen of the United States That he resides in the Town of Bolton, County of Warren and State of Maine.
And this deponent further saith that he is in the sixty third year of his age That he this deponent is by reason of his reduced circumstances in life in need of assistance from his country for support and further saith not - that he has obtained any other Testimony of his said.
Given this tenth day of Samuel French April 1860 before me.
H. H. Harkness not public of Warren Common Pleas

Know all men by these presents That I Samuel French the deponent to the preceding affidavit is worn to declare myself to the best of the act entitled "an act to provide for certain persons enga- ged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" Approved March 10 - 1810 Do hereby relinquish my claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States - In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand at this sixth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen -
Signed & sealed In the presence of H. Hobards
Samuel French
State of New York Warren County p- Joseph Tift of the Town of Bolton County of Warren and State of New York being duly sworn saith that he is acquainted with Samuel French the deponent to the preceding affidavit - That this deponent well believes that the said Samuel French by reason of his reduced circumstances in life is in need of assistance from his country for support - and further saith not -
Joseph Tift
Sworn this 6 day of April 1810 before me
H. Hobards first Judge of Warren Common Pleas

W. C. C. I certify that it appears to my satisfaction that Samuel French the within named del Serer in the revolutionary war as is stated in the foregoing declarations against him in the absence of Government for his support the American enemy. And I have known the proceedings and testimony against him and had before me to the Secretary of the War Dep actment pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid Act of Congress dated the 6 th day of April 1818
18 H. H. H. H. H. of Warren County Common pleas -
State of New York Warren county p - I certify that letters patent and Qualification Roll now in this office William Robards was a Judge of the court of common pleas in and for the said county on the sixth Day of April one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen - I further certify that I am acquainted with the said William Robards and believe the signature -re to the annexed Affidavits and certif- -icate to be his - In testimony whereof I have caused the Seal of our court of common pleas to be hereunto affixed This twenty-fifth day of May - 1828 -
My dear Sir,
Friend Frank
Revolutionary history
Proof of \sin x
M. Robard, 8
Glenur Falls

STATE OF NEW-YORK:
AT a Court of Common Pleas held at the Court-House, in the town of Caldwell, in and for the county of Warren, on the twelfth  twentieth day of September, 1820:
PRESENT, their Honours, Abney Rogers Mormon Lee Henry Spencer
Esquire, First Judge,
} Esquires, Judges.
Personally appeared in open court, being a court of record, held in and for the said county of Warren, Samuel French residing in Boston in said county, and being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare, that he is now a pensioner of the United States, under the act of Congress, of the 18th of March, 1818: that his Pension Certificate is number 234 and that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows, for the term of Eight Months with Captain Ebenezer Denny's Company of Infantry in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Ebenezer Denny in the Massachusetts Line and served in said Company between three & four weeks and was then transferred into Captain John Wendell's Company in the same Regiment where he served the full term of Eight Months and before his discharge enlisted into the Company of Captain Stephen Kirtland's Company of Infantry in a Regiment commanded by Colonel William Schuchardt for the term of one year and Regiment was called the Rhode Island Regiment & served the full term of one year when he was discharged by Captain Kirtland that the deponent in April 1782 again enlisted into the Service of the United States on the Continental Establishment for the term of three years and joined Captain Adam Barlow's Company in a Massachusetts Regiment and served in said Company a short time was then transferred into Captain Seth Dens Company in same Regiment last-mentioned where he served in said last-mentioned Company till December 1783 when he received an honorable discharge signed by Genl. Knox at West Point which discharge the deponent has not & being handed to one Abel Boynton some years since who never returned it this deponent was in the battle of Bunker Hill & the battle on Long Island.
And in pursuance of the Act of Congress of the 1st of May, 1820, I, Samuel French do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me, nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Subscribed and sworn, this twentieth day of September A.D. 1820, in open court. Seth O'Brien Jr B.K.
Samuel French mark

Samuel French
Little Baldwin Ind. Calumet Co Warren Co. et. U. — Agent

Warren County p: Samuel French married in the annexed affidavit say, that he resides in the town of Bolton in the County of Warren and receives a piece of Land containing eleven-hundred and sixty two acres belonging to the residue of the Estate of New York which the surveyor who surveyed said land appeared at Leeds; but for some being North & unproductive for which land I hold a certificate from the surveyor general of said state entitling me to a head of the same upon paying therefor Eighty- five per acre which I am unable to do until I have the aid of your assistance that behoof.
Personal property I have one two year old heifer one not one year old one meat cattle one sheep one cow with calf one totter four Shaws Eight-plats four knives and forks for the table and several other parts one bottle two earthen jugs one copper plates two spinning wheel one looking glass five guns one snuff box one pair of spectacles one flat iron four silver spoons one chest & box one other or more clothing as bed & bedding there is distinctly necessary for myself and family I have in my sixth fifth year my wife Mary in her sixth third year I have in my family one Sarah Hill Symonds aged twenty, one Grand Children Timothy French aged thirteen & Deborah Barnard in her sixth year there is no individual of my family that in the least object in the support of myself & wife they are not so more than support themselves My wife takes an an infirmity she is lame I was formerly a farmer but am unable to do much labor the whole amount of property above mentioned is twenty Eight dollars & four cents
§ 28 - 54
In presence of John White
his Samuel French mark

STATE OF NEW-YORK, } WARREN COUNTY, ss. }
Samuel French
I, SETH C. BALDWIN, Junior , Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, Do hereby Certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court —And, by order of the Court I do further Certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount, in value, of property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is Twenty Eight Dollars Four Cents —and also, that this is the first Court of record held in and for said County, at which this application could have been made, since the knowledge of the Act of Congress of the 1st of May, 1820 —IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twelfth day of September 1820.
Seth C. Baldwin Clerk.

Ref  WIDOW, &c.  Am
File No. 24239
Mary French wid of Samuel French Rev War
Act: July 1 st 1836
Index:--Vol. A Page 25151
[Arrangement of 1870.]

2846 Sept 79 N.Y. July 36 Dec March
Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Watton 23 rd September 1837
Sir
yours of the 24 th July (Stating that the Declaration of Mary French Should Be made Before a Judge, and also that a record of the Marriage was (duly) was duly read. I have endeavoured to follow the directions given, and have found a record of the marriage - I have also as you will see got the declaration of Mary French made Before Judge Pratt The affidavits attached may Be in Part useless But I did not know But a Reference to the name of Samuel French desired might facilitate the investigation -
Your Obedient Servant
J. C. Mansel Pleydell James Knight
Washington City

2846 2181
Mary French widow of Samuel.
N. York.
from 8 ap l 1782 to 3 Sept l 83
adm t .
16 mo. 25 ds pri
$56.10
deduct - widow pen. Com: 21 st P. mar. 1833.
Claimant
Bolton
N. York.

State of New York Warren County ss.
Plaintiff
On this Eighteenth day of September one Thous and Eight Hundred and thirty Seven personally appeared Before the undersigned one of the Judges of the Courts of Said County Rebecca French who Being First duly Sworn according to Law doth make Oath as follows - That she is a resident of the Town of Bolton County aforesaid - That she is the daughter of Samuel and Mary French - That her Father Samuel French Died on the Twenty First day of March Eighteen Hundred and thirty Three - That her Mother Mary French has Ben under her care ever Since the death of her Father and has never Ben married Since that Period - That her Father is the same Samuel French who drew a pension on a claim which reads as follows - War Department. Revolutionary Claim - I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States of the 18th of March 1818 Samuel French late a Private in the Army of the revolution is inscribed on the pension list, Roll of the New York Agency at the rate of Eight Dollars per month to commence on the Sixth day of April One Thous and Eight Hundred and Eighteen Given at the war Office of the United States this nineteenth Day of March One Thous and Eight hundred and Nineteen - J C Calhoun - Secretary of War - And that the Said Samuel French drew a pension on Said Claim to the Fourth day of March Eighteen Hundred and thirty Three
Rebecca French
Subscribed and sworn before me This Eighteenth day of September
AD 1837
Stephen Pratt Judge of Warren Common Pleas

I do hereby certify that the within named Rebecca is entitled to full credit as to truth and accuracy September 18 th 1857
Stephen Pratt Judge Warren County Plus

State of New York Warren County
On this Eighteenth day of September one thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty Seven Personally appeared Before the undersigned Thomas Wright or President of Warren County and State officer Who after Being duly Sworn according to Law doth make Oath as follows - That Mary French Whose Declaration is herunto annexed is the widow of Samuel French Deceased - That the said Samuel French was a Pensioner Inscribed according to his claim on the Pension list Roll of the New York Agency at the rate of Eight Dollars per Month Dated March the Sixteenth One thousand Eight hundred and Nineteen - That he has acted as attorney for the said Samuel French in getting his Pension from year to year - That he drew a Pension to March the 4th 1833 - That the said Mary French has Remained a Widow ever Since the death of her husband which was on the 21 st day of March 1833 That the said Samuel French had in his Possession a Letter from the War Department as follows Pension Office No 8. 284 Jan'y 3 rd 1821 -
Sir you are hereby Informed That the Schedule of your property has Been examined and the Secretary of War has Directed your name to be continued on the Pension Roll - you will Be paid at the next Semi-annual payment in March next - Funds for that purpose will Be transmitted at that time - But No arrearages will Be paid previous There to -
Signed - J. L. Edwards -
To Mr Samuel French Attest Thomas Wright

The within named Thomas Wright Subscribed and sworn to before me the eighteenth day of September A.D. 1837
Stephen Pratt Judge of Common Pleas
State of New York
New Paltz ss. I Thomas Archibald Clerk of the said Court do hereby certify that Stephen Pratt Esq. when sworn was justly and lawfully to the within and several officers thereof to him him from was at the date of the hereon set forth the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ulster then and there according to the form and ceremony of the said Court and duly when his name subscribed to the deposition and the said deposition to be read before him and and signed thereon.
Witness my hand and seal this 18th day of September 1837 Thomas Archibald Clerk

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Boston 3 rd June 1837
Dr Sir yours of the 29 th of April enclosing a printed Sheet of Directions for the procedure of those entitled to the Benefits of the act of July 9 1836
enclosed I send you such proofs as is thought necessary in Behalf of the Widow French if the enclosed affidavits are sufficient to entitle the widow of Samuel French a pension - please inform me and what further may be wanted if any in order for the said Mary French to draw the money she anticipates and which she must needs being Being dependent on the earnings of her Daughter for her Support Samuel French his husband drew a pension of Eight Dollars per month
This Claim Bar date March Nineteenth 1819 Inscribed on the Pension List Roll of the New York agency at the rate of eight Dollars per month to commence the 1 st day of April 1818 and is signed
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
Marked on the Book B. 2 44
By Writing to me as soon as convenient after the Rec d of this you will confer a favor on your Respectfully
Thomas Wright
J. C. Edwards Esq r Commissioner of Pensions

Adams 27 Nov 24
2151
Henry H. Pierce under James Parker to ship
James L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Franklin
Eli Gould of the town of Heath formerly Charlemont and in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being duly sworn saith that he was acquainted with Samuel French, they both residing at that time in the town of Charlemont, that in the spring of the year 1782 he saw him the said Samuel French at Charlemont enlist into the service of the United States as a three years man, - that in June 1782 he the said Eli Gould was stationed at Westpoint where he saw the said Samuel French that he belonged to the same Regiment with him- self that in December 1783 he left Westpoint and left Samuel French there that he frequently saw him during the period between June 1782 and December 1783 and that he never was absent from the army during the aforementioned period to his knowledge
Eli Gould
Sworn to this 19 th day of February 1809 before me Ephraim Hastings, Jus. Peace
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Eli Gould who subscribed the above affi- -davit, that he sustains a good reputation for truth and veracity
Ephraim Hastings, Jus. Peace
Heath 19 th Feb. 1809

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Franklin.
James White of Heath formerly Charlemont in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being duly sworn faith. that he was acquainted with Samuel French being a townsman, that he was knowing to his enlisting into the service of the United States, by common report, that after he went into the service as it was said, his wife, with their family removed into my neighbourhood and was expected to support, by myself and others and that he never was at home after the aforesaid enlistment to his knowledge until the close of the war.
James White
Sworn to before me this 19 th day of February 1819. — Ephraim Hastings. Jus. Peace
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with James White who subscribed the above affidavit that he sustains a good reputation for truth and veracity. Ephraim Hastings. Jus. Peace Heath 19 Feb 1819.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Franklin County ss.
I Rodolphus Dickinson, clerk of the Judicial courts within and for the County of of Franklin, do certify and attest, that Ephraim Hastings is a Justice of the Peace within and for the same county, duly commissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth, and that the foregoing are his signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said county. The 20 th day of February A. D. 1819.
Attest, Rodolphus Dickinson, Clerk

M. French
Bolton NY Jan 7 18
Free
J. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Benton January 15th 1838
Dr Sir
Yours of the 25th of July last was received informing me that the papers of Mrs Mary French widow of Samuel French were filed with suspended cases in your office in consequence of her declaration being before a Justice of the Peace instead of a Judge and a record of the marriage - I accordingly procured a record of the marriage and she not being able to attend Court made her declaration before Judge Pratt of Warren County common Pleas the papers that you stated to be necessary after being duly executed were mailed at the Post office at Sandy Hill directed to you about four months since and having heard nothing from them we fear they are mislaid or lost - will you have the goodness to drop a line on the subject that if they have not been received at your office they may again be made out and forwarded -
Your Obedt Servant
J. S. Edwards Esq. Thomas Wright Washington City

Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
October 15. 1838.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Mary French a Pensioner on the Roll of the Hoback, N. Y. Agency, at the rate of fifty six Dollars and ten Cents per annum, under the law of the 4 th July 1836 has been paid at this Department, from the 21 st of March 1833 to the 4 th of September 1837
Respectfully, yours,
Alison K. Parrish Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

Samuel French N.Y. act March 1818 to what time paid?
53.33 1/3
1st. 15th March 1833 Pen. Officr AA
July 24. 1837 30. 129 125 240
22/500 16-11. 2.77.

V Mary French New York
Suspended
Per letter 24 July 1837 Thos. Wright,

Paducah 22 Dec.
Free Hon. John C. Calhoun Secretary of War Washington City
Rev. Dr. ...

Sir
In September last several of the Revolutionary Soldiers, who were Pensions agreeable to the Regulations of the late Law of the United States sent their application that they might be continued on the pension list. Most of them have received letters that they are continued on the pension list. General French sent on his papers with the others but has recd no return. Be so good as to inform me whether his papers are returned or whether his name has been erased from the pension list.
Dec 22 d 1820
Agreeable to Joseph Whiting
Colonel Warren County N.Y.
Hon. J. E. C. Schenck